This study enrolled one thousand five hundred twenty one clients that were receiving home care services at five health centers and a home care services center in the city of Taejon from November 17 through December 7, 1997. The purpose of this study was to analyze satisfaction levels, general characteristics and efficacies, of the client served home care.
The main results were as follows ;
The age group of most of the subjects was 70-79 years : 76.9% of them were female and 87.3% were over 65 years. In education variables, over 90% of the clients were below primary school. In marital status variables, 63.4% of them had no spouse, 57.5% of them were windows and widowers. In living arrangement variables, alone (35.8%) was the most. In insurance status variables, medical aid (69.9%) was the most. In household income variables, below 000 won (72.6%) was the most. In hospitalization variables, 53% of the clients had no hospitalization. The satisfaction level of home care service of male and female was similar.
The older the age, the higher the satisfaction level. The satisfaction level of the group having religion was higher than the group having no religion and the Christianity group had the highest satisfaction level (p<0.001). In education variables, the over high school group was the highest satisfaction level (p<0.01). In living arrangement variables, the other (sisters or neighbors etc.) group indicated the highest satisfaction level (p<0.001). In insurance status variables, the other group (except for medical aid) was the highest satisfaction level (p<0.001). In household income variables, below 390,000 won was the highest satisfaction level (p<0.001). In hospitalization variables, ´over 4 time´ group0 indicated the highest satisfaction level (p<0.01).
home care took place more in health centers than in home care services center.
In frequency of home care per month three times was the most. In opinion of home care frequency per month 82.8% of the people answered ´proper´. A lot of present illness was neuralgia, arthritis, digestive disease, hypertension & CVA. In contents of home care services variables, education & counselling was the most and medication was second. In duration of illness variables, over 10 years was the most. In place of treatment before home care service variables, hospital (57%) was the most. In illness condition after home care variables, ´moderate´ was the most and ´much better´ (85.5%) was second. In help of home care variables, ´much help´ (71.5%) was the most and ´moderate´ (28.1%) was second. In contents of counselling variables, treatment method of illness was the most. Home care services center indicated higher level of satisfaction than health center (p<0.001). In opinion of home care frequency per month variables, ´less´ was the highest satisfaction level (p<0.001). In duration of illness variables, below one year was the highest and over 10 year was second (p<0.001). In place of treatment before home care service variables, health center was the highest (p<0.001). In illness condition after home care variables, ´much better´ was the highest and ´worse´ was second (p<0.001). In help of home care variables, ´much help´ was the highest (p<0.001). In contents of counselling variables, cause of illness was the highest (p<0.001). According to the 14 items which consisted of 3 point scales the total level of satisfaction of home care service was very high, with total mean score 36.
According to the above results, most clients taking home care services are satisfied. However, organization and a fund are required to support high quality home care services to those who need them. Furthermore, a follow-up survey should be accomplished to evaluate the status of clients.
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